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2020-2021
December 2020
Live Webinar
Political Change in the Post-Abe Era
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 | 7:00-8:00 PM (EST)
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 | 9:00-10:00 AM (Japan Time)
Featuring: Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Columbia University
Moderator: David E. Weinstein, Director, CJEB; Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University
Cosponsored by:
Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI), Columbia University
Live Webinar
The Japanese Economy, Second Edition: Book Launch
Friday, December 4, 2020 | 6:00-7:30 PM (EST)
Saturday, December 5, 2020 | 8:00-9:30 AM (Japan Time)
Featuring:
Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB), Columbia Business School
Takeo Hoshi, Professor of Economics, The University of Tokyo
Moderator: David E. Weinstein, Director, CJEB; Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University
Organizer: Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Outreach partner: Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo
Note: This webinar was the book launch for The Japanese Economy, Second Edition (The MIT Press, 2020), written by Takatoshi Ito (Columbia University) and Takeo Hoshi (The University of Tokyo).
Live Webinar
Are Japanese CEOs Paid Too Little & U.S. CEOs Paid Too Much, and Why Does it Matter?
Thursday, December 3, 2020 | 7:00-8:00 PM (EST)
Friday, December 4, 2020 | 9:00-10:00 AM (Japan Time)
Featuring:
Steven Greenberg, Regional Managing Partner, Financial Services, APAC & ME, Heidrick & Struggles
James B. Rosenwald III, Managing Member and Portfolio Manager, Asia Equity, Dalton Investments
Hideaki Tsukuda, CEO, Board Advisors Japan, Inc.
Moderator: Alicia Ogawa, Director, Project on Japanese Corporate Governance and Stewardship, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
November 2020
Live Webinar Series
Conference on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds*
Day Two of the 5th annual conference of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds
Public Pension Funds in the COVID-19 Era
Thursday, November 19, 2020 | 7:00 – 8:15 PM (EST)
Friday, November 20, 2020 | 9:00 – 10:15 AM (JST)
Featuring:
Dr. Catherine L. Mann, Global Chief Economist, Citibank
Masataka Miyazono, President, Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)
Geoffrey Rubin, Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Strategist, CPP Investments
Ángel Ubide, Managing Director and Head of Economic Research for Global Fixed Income, Citadel
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB), Columbia Business School
* Please note, this conference was held under the Chatham House Rule. The recording of the event will not be made public.
Live Webinar
Central Bank Digital Currencies
Friday, November 13, 2020 | 8:00-9:00 AM (EST)
Friday, November 13, 2020 | 10:00-11:00 PM (JST)
Panelists:
Sir Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Governor, Bank of England
Eswar Prasad, Professor, Cornell University
Shinichi Uchida, Executive Director, Bank of Japan
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Discussant: Patricia C. Mosser, Senior Research Scholar, SIPA; Director, Central Banking and Financial Policy @ SIPA
Organizer: Central Banking and Financial Policy Initiative, SIPA, and Columbia University
Outreach partner: Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
This webinar was conducted in English as part of "The Japanese Economy in the COVID-19 Era" series.
Live Webinar
Global Investment in a Nationally-Regulated World: Should Money Stay at Home?
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 | 6:00-7:00 PM (EST)
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 | 8:00-9:00 AM (JST)
Featuring:
Martin Chorzempa, Research Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
Nels Hansen, Partner, Corporate/M&A Practice Group, White & Case LLP
Moderator: Alicia Ogawa, Director, Project on Japanese Corporate Governance and Stewardship, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Live Webinar Series
Conference on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds*
Day One of the 5th annual conference of CJEB’s Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds
Pension Funds and ESG Investing
Wednesday, November 4, 2020 | 7:00 – 8:00 PM (EST)
Thursday, November 5, 2020 | 9:00 – 10:00 AM (JST)
Featuring:
Anita George, Executive Vice-President and Deputy Head, CDPQ Global
Doug Peterson, President and CEO, S&P Global
Moderator: Keiko Honda, Adjunct Professor and Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University; Former CEO of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) of the World Bank Group
Opening Remarks: David E. Weinstein, Director, CJEB; Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University; Takatoshi Ito, Professor, SIPA, Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB
* Please note, this conference session is held under the Chatham House Rule. The recording of the event will not be made public.
October 2020
Live Webinar
The Transition from Abenomics to Suganomics: What Should We Expect?
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 | 8:00 – 9:00 PM (EDT)
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 | 9:00 – 10:00 AM (JST)
Featuring: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB), Columbia Business School
Moderator: David E. Weinstein, Director, CJEB; Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University
Live Webinar
A Wave of Shareholder Activism Hits Japan's Shores*
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 | 12:30 - 1:30 PM
Featuring: Josh Black, Editor-in-Chief, Activist Insight; Timothy Foley, Director of Research, Chalkstream Capital Group, L.P.
Moderator: Alicia Ogawa, Director, Project on Japanese Corporate Governance and Stewardship, CJEB
Special Note: This discussion was off the record.
September 2020
Live Webinar
Investing in Infrastructure in Developing Asia after COVID-19: Navigating Geopolitics to Generate Long-Term Value, Growth, and Returns
Wednesday, September 30, 2020 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM (EDT)
Wednesday, September 30, 2020 | 11:00 PM – 12:30 AM* (JST) (*Next day)
Featuring:
Keiko Honda, Adjunct Professor and Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University; Former CEO of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) of the World Bank Group
Glenn Hughes, Head of Vietnam, LOGOS Group
Samir Saran, President, Observer Research Foundation (ORF)
Moderator: Dr. Alexis Crow, Head of Geopolitical Investing at PwC; Senior Fellow at the Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy at Columbia University
Co-sponsored by: Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy, Columbia University and APEC Study Center, Columbia University
Optional related reading material:
Article by Dr. Alexis Crow and Samir Saran
Live Webinar
Whither the Suga Administration— a Conversation with Gerald Curtis & Takenaka Heizo
Wednesday, September 16, 2020 | 9:00 – 10:00 AM (EDT)
Wednesday, September 16, 2020 | 22:00 – 23:00 (JST)
Featuring:
Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Columbia University; Chairman, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation; Distinguished Research Fellow, Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research; Member of the Board of Directors, Japan Society; Core Faculty, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Heizo Takenaka, Professor Emeritus, Keio University; Professor, Toyo University; Member of the Policy Council under the Abe administration; former Minister of State for Internal Affairs and Communication and for Economic and Fiscal Policy in the Koizumi administration
Co-sponsored by: Japan Society and School of International and Public Affairs and APEC Study Center, Columbia University
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Live Webinar
Recent Lessons for Financial Regulation and Macroprudential Policy*
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 | 8:00 – 9:00 AM (EDT)
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 | 9:00 - 10:00 PM (JST)
Featuring:
Ryozo Himino, Commissioner, Financial Services Agency, The Japanese Government
Donald Kohn, Robert V. Roosa Chair of International Economics at Brookings; Financial Stability Committee member at the Bank of England; Former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Board
Jeremy Stein, Moise Y. Safra Professor of Economics at Harvard University; former Governor of the Federal Reserve Board
Moderator: Patricia C. Mosser, Director of Central Banking and Financial Policy @ SIPA, and Senior Research Scholar, Columbia SIPA
Discussant: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Main Organizer: Central Banking and Financial Policy @ SIPA
Outreach Partner: Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
*This webinar was conducted in English as part of "The Japanese Economy in the COVID-19 Era" series.
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August 2020
Live Webinar
Lessons from the Fight against COVID-19: Tokyo and New York*
Thursday, August 13, 2020 | 8:00 – 9:00 AM (EDT)
Thursday, August 13, 2020 | 9:00 – 10:00 PM (JST)
Featuring:
Shigeru Omi, Chairman, Subcommittee on Novel Coronavirus Disease Control; President, Japan Community Health care Organization
Tomoaki Kato, Professor of Surgery; Edwin C. and Anne K. Weiskopf Professor of Surgical Oncology, Chief Division of Abdominal Organ Transplant, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB
*This webinar was conducted in Japanese as part of "The Japanese Economy in the COVID-19 Era" series.
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Live Webinar
Getting Out the [Shareholder] Vote in Japan: An Overview of the 2020 Campaigns
Tuesday, August 11, 2020 | 12:30 – 1:30 PM (EDT)
Featuring:
Marc Goldstein, Head of U.S. Research, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS)
Masafumi Kondo, Deputy General Manager, New York Office, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.
Moderator: Alicia Ogawa, Director, Project on Japanese Corporate Governance and Stewardship, CJEB
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Live Webinar
Central Banking in the COVID-19 Era**
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 | 8:00 – 9:00 AM (EDT)
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 | 9:00 - 10:00 PM (JST)
Featuring:
Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor, Bank of Japan
Janet L. Yellen, Distinguished Fellow in Residence with the Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution; Former Chair, The Federal Reserve Board
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB
Discussant: Patricia Mosser, Director, MPA Program in Economic Policy Management; Senior Research Scholar, SIPA, Columbia University Organizer: Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Outreach Partner: Central Banking and Financial Policy @ SIPA
**This webinar was conducted in English as part of "The Japanese Economy in the COVID-19 Era" series.
July 2020
Live Webinar
Strategies for Unlocking Value in Japan: Attack or Engage?
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 | 6:00 – 7:00 PM (EDT)
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 | 7:00 – 8:00 AM (JST)
Featuring:
David Baran, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Symphony Financial Partners
Moderator: Alicia Ogawa, Director, Project on Japanese Corporate Governance and Stewardship, CJEB
Live Webinar
Economic Recovery from the Pandemic and Transformation toward a Better New Normal in Japan and the United States***
Monday, July 20, 2020 | 8:00 – 9:00 AM (EDT)
Monday, July 20, 2020 | 9:00 - 10:00 PM (JST)
Featuring:
Yasutoshi Nishimura, Minister for Economic and Fiscal Policy; Minister for Novel Coronavirus Disease Control; Minister for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Government of Japan
Glenn Hubbard, Dean Emeritus; Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
***This webinar was conducted in English as part of "The Japanese Economy in the COVID-19 Era" series.
Live Webinar
ESG Investing in the COVID-19 Era****
Wednesday, July 15, 2020 | 8:00 – 9:00 AM (EDT)
Wednesday, July 15, 2020 | 9:00 - 10:00 PM (JST)
Featuring:
Kathy Matsui, Vice Chair; Chief Japan Strategist; Co-head of Macro Research Asia, Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd.
Ronald P. O’Hanley, Chairman & CEO, State Street
Moderator: Keiko Honda, Adjunct Professor and Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University; Former CEO and Former Executive Vice President, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
****This webinar was conducted in English as part of "The Japanese Economy in the COVID-19 Era" series.
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Special Note: In principle, this discussion was off the record. If you would like to quote any part of this webinar in public or social media, please contact us at [email protected].
Live Webinar
International Financial Institutions in the COVID-19 Era*****
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 | 8:00 – 9:00 AM (EDT)
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 | 9:00 - 10:00 PM (JST)
Featuring:
Masatsugu Asakawa, President and Chairperson of Board of Directors, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Mitsuhiro Furusawa, Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Keiko Honda, Adjunct Professor and Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University; Former CEO and Former Executive Vice President, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, SIPA, Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB
*****This webinar was conducted in Japanese as part of "The Japanese Economy in the COVID-19 Era" series.
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